Lighting device for vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9557464-B2
Application number	US-201514737925-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 12, 2015
Priority date	Jun 18, 2014
Publication date	Jan 31, 2017
Grant date	Jan 31, 2017

Abstract

A lighting device for a vehicle includes: a transparent rod shaped light guide member having an incident surface of lights in an end face; a light source which is arranged so as to be opposed to the incident surface of the rod shaped light guide member and generates heat at a temperature or higher than a softening point of the rod shaped light guide member, lights emitted from the light source being allowed to be incident on the rod shaped light guide member from the incident surface so that the rod shaped light guide member emits lights in a linear form; and a transparent heat insulating part arranged between the light source and the incident surface of the rod shaped light guide member.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A lighting device for a vehicle comprising:
a transparent rod shaped light guide member having an incident surface of lights in an end face;
a light source which is arranged so as to be opposed to the incident surface of the rod shaped light guide member, the light source generates heat at a temperature equal to or higher than a softening point of the rod shaped light guide member, lights emitted from the light source are incident on the rod shaped light guide member through the incident surface, and the rod shaped light guide member emits lights in a linear form; and
a transparent heat insulating part arranged between the light source and the incident surface of the rod shaped light guide member.

2. The lighting device for a vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein
the heat insulating part is formed with a material having a softening point higher than that of the rod shaped light guide member.

3. The lighting device for a vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein
the heat insulating part is formed with the material having the softening point as a temperature or higher obtained by transmitting heat of the light source through an air.

4. The lighting device for a vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a holding part which holds an end part including the incident surface of the rod shaped light guide member in a positioned state, wherein the heat insulating part is provided integrally in the holding part.

5. The lighting device for a vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein
the rod shaped light guide member includes a plurality of members having a layer structure that the plurality of members are laminated in concentric circles.

6. The lighting device for a vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein
the rod shaped light guide member comprises a single member having no layer structure.

7. The lighting device for a vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein
the light source includes a semiconductor light source, the softening point of the rod shaped light guide member is about 100° C., and a junction temperature of the light source is more than 100° C.

8. The lighting device for a vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a guide case provided with a holding part, the holding part has a cylindrical form, the holding part holds an end part including the incident surface of the rod shaped light guide member,
the heat insulating part, which is arranged between the light source and the incident surface of the rod shaped light guide member, is integral with the holding part of the guide case.

9. The lighting device for a vehicle according to claim 8 , wherein the guide case and the heat insulating part are formed of a resin material which is transparent.

10. The lighting device for a vehicle according to claim 8 , wherein the heat insulating part is a bottom of the cylindrical form of the guide case.

11. The light device for a vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the light source and the heat insulating part are positioned spaced apart and are separated by open space.

12. The light device for a vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a case,
wherein the transparent rod shaped light guide member, the incident surface, the light source, and the transparent heat insulating part are all arranged within the case.

Assignees

• Toyoda Gosei Kk

Inventors

• Fukui Hirotaka

Classifications

• F21S43/19

  Attachment of light sources or lamp holders · CPC title

• F21S43/14

  Light emitting diodes [LED] · CPC title

• F21S43/247

  with a single light source being coupled into the light guide · CPC title

• F21S43/237

  rod-shaped · CPC title

• G02B6/0006 Primary

  Coupling light into the fibre (in general G02B6/4298) · CPC title